MERE is husband and wife team, Monica and David Galetti's first restaurant.

Spread over two floors, this Fitzrovia-based restaurant is the brainchild of Monica Galetti who is featuring as a judge on the BBC's MasterChef The Professionals.

The restaurant itself serves traditional, simple dishes that have been delicately tweaked and modified to Galetti's liking. Nestled above the spacious basement restaurant is the bar, which serves light snacks and an array of delectable cocktails. Monica's husband, David Galetti, is in charge of the Front of House at Mere, using his years of experience as an expert sommelier to create a wine selection along side his head Sommelier Sandra that perfectly balances with the seasonal dishes on offer.

Mere was everything that we expected and more. Service and food excellent, attention to detail surpassed all expectations. Would certainly recommend to anyone who loves good food.A bonus was meeting Monica herself

We had a fabulous evening at Mere, cocktails upstairs at the bar with great music and then seated downstairs where Monica G took the time to chat to every table individually (and allow us to have a photo) which was fabulous!! Well done MG and all at Mere, the tasting menu and wine was amazing. We will be heading back again.

Complex and inventive dishes immaculately presented and beautifully cooked. Flawless service and finally (!) a sommelier who really knows his stuff and has created a wine list with a personal touch from a very wide range of regions. Chapeau!

It was a great experience, being met at the door and shown our table. The staff were engaging and were proud and passionate about the food and the wine. The canapes were bite size flavour bombs My starter of crispy crab was a delight and the black curry sauce was tangy and delicious. All three of us were in food heaven. Definately be back.A truly wonderful meal.

A lunchtime visit, to celebrate my wife’s birthday, on a Saturday to Mere did not disappoint. We were the first lunchtime guests and the restaurant was so very quiet and calm and peaceful.There were many staff who were all very attentive to our needs wants and desires.The food was superb...and I am now planning when we can have a return visit.

A welcome return to Mere on a moderately busy evening with the main restaurant three quarters full and a female party celebrating a birthday in the private room, but with the dividing door left open. As a result, the sound of a high decibel party in full swing was at times intrusive. The upstairs bar area was relatively quiet, but the staff members there seemed curiously reluctant to put newly arrived guests at their ease and make them welcome. It was all a bit of a performance and somewhat contrived. Perhaps they were coming to the end of a long day.Downstairs we opted for the 6-course tasting menu and accompanying flight of wines. Most of the latter were well matched and well presented, but the pinot noir with the lamb had metallic notes and jarred somewhat: a burgundy would have been preferable and fuller bodied. The Austrian Beerenauslese with the final fruit course was, however, very well judged. Overall, the menu was nicely conceived and well balanced, although portion sizes should not be allowed to become any smaller, or prices any higher. A welcome touch is the chosen menu being left on the table by way of a reminder - which makes all the more unnecessary the performance that goes into the presentation of each course, rather in the manner of an auctioneer announcing the next prize lot. This increasingly common piece of theatre cuts across one's conversation with one's guests, breaks the evening up unnecessarily into course-long scenes, and does nothing to encourage quiet, competent, understated service.All in all, what promised to be a relaxed, enjoyable evening turned out to be a bit of an ordeal: a pity because much that Mere offers is first rate. PerM

I am biased - Mere is my favourite restaurant in London and never disappoints . It is elegant but comfortable and friendly, the food and drink never less than exquisite and reasonably priced for the quality, the service is non pareil. I would live there if I could.

A warm welcome from David when we entered the restaurant & then EVERYONE excelled be serving outstanding food, wine accompanied by very friendly professional service.Dietary requests were noted & easily accommodated by the team during the evening that was thoroughly enjoyed & we therefore made sure we reserved another evening in November before retrieving our coats.Thank you very much for a memorable evening!!!!

The food and service was outstanding. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff to explain what each of the dishes contained. The blend of flavours of the food was second to none, fully recommend an amazing experience.

Nice place for lunch, relaxing, very nice atmosphere and very good service. We shared 6 different dishes between the 2 of us. My son had the duck and the lamb and I had the veal sweetbread and the pigeon. All were good, the meats were perfectly cooked but I found that the glazed sweetbread did not go very well with the mash peas and chilli sauce and I could not really taste the mushrooms. The duck was far more interesting and neat. The lamb and pigeon were very good but not out of the ordinary but the deserts were exceptional (Chocolate+hazelnuts & lemon curd). I will go back to for dinner and try the rest of the menu.

Another fantastic experience at Mere.The service, food and overall experience were first class. All 4 of us had a great time - the perfect lunch.The Sommelier recommended a great bottle of wine.Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable time.

We went here as a treat (and being fans of Monica!). Can't fault the place, the food, the wine, the team, the service and the ambience was first class. And if they have the cheese mousse on the menu when you go, order it, it was absolutely divine!